Sai Praneeth vs Pannawit Thongnuam, Thailand Open semifinal, As it happened

Final score Praneeth 21-11 21-15 Thongnuam

Updated: 03 June 2017 15:13 IST - Published: 03 June 2017 14:43 IST

Praneeth will face fourth seed Jonathan Christie in the final! Follow it here on Sportskeeda!

Meanwhile in the women's singles, Saina Nehwal is all set to begin her semifinal. You can follow it here.

It's over! A great win for Sai Praneeth. He marches into the final!

Praneeth in the ascendancy now. He has just two points to go.

Still a tight contest. 14-13 now.

All square at 12-12.

At the break, we are locked at 11-10 in favour of the Indian.

After a hot streak by Sai, the Thai shuttler has struck back with three points in a row. Even stevens in the second at 10-9.

We're all square at 6-6. Where will this match go from here?

It's 6-4 in favour of the Indian so far.

Even start to the second game. 2-2 after the first four points.

FIRST GAME TO SAI PRANEETH! The Indian cruises to a 21-11 scoreline to take the first game. More of the same in the second please!

Game point for Sai Praneeth.

The Indian is inching towards taking the first game. It is 16-9 now!

Sai has now picked up seven out of the previous nine points to extend his lead to 14-7!

The Indian is up at the break. 11-7 is how the scoreline reads.

The Indian is in the ascendancy now. 9-5 to Sai!

Sai takes four points in a row and we are now at 6-3.

The first four points are shared equally. 2-2!

The men's singles semifinals is underway! It will be Sai Praneeth to serve.

The doubles match is all set to go into the deciding game. Praneeth's match will begin after it.

Savitree Amritapai/Pacharapun Chochuwong are taking on Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu in the women's doubles semifinals on court 2. Praneeth's match begins after this.

The lone Indian male shuttler in the fray, Sai Praneeth will be looking to lift yet another trophy at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2017 as he faces off against Pannawit Thongnuam of Thailand in the semifinal.

The 24-year-old is only the second male player to win a Super Series title after Srikant Kidambi and has made it to the semifinals of the Thailand Open with relative ease, winning all four matches so far in straight sets.

Thongnuam will be looking to use the home support to create another upset after he defeated the top seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in the previous round, recording a 21-17 17-21 21-8 victory.

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